Former teammate Daniel Chick famously chopped off the top of one of his fingers due to a similar complaint but Lynch said this was not a serious option for him as a marking forward.

''It's on my little finger, so it is a bit more important [than Chick's finger],'' he said.

The AFL has rejected six types of gloves for providing too much grip and has so far approved only four for the new campaign. The banned gloves are Under Armour Blur II, Ironclad Box Handler Safety, Nike Vapor Jet 2.0 Football Receiver, Nike Magnigrip Elite Remix 2.0, Nike Superbad and Gilbert Rugby.

Lynch played his first game for Collingwood in Friday night's NAB Cup opening round and admitted it would take time for him and Cloke to forge an understanding and for him to grasp the new team's plans and methods.

''It takes a while, but I am not too worried about other people's expectations,'' Lynch said.

''I know what I have come over to do for the club and what they want us to do together, so I am looking forward to the challenge and I think over the next few weeks we will grow and the connection will become better and that is the same with all the forwards.''

On Friday night, Cloke began the game playing deep from the goal square with Lynch high up the ground, but he said the pair were likely to have a rolling rotation of positions.

Lynch, who joined Collingwood as a free agent this season, will confront West Coast and his former premiership teammates in the next round. ''Definitely on my side and with my teammates there was no bad blood … I am not too fussed about it,'' he said.